Apple Cider Donut Recipes Perfectly Picked for Fall

Ingredients: (Makes 8 apple dumplings)

For the apple dumplings:

• Granny Smith apples - 8
• Brown Sugar - 1 cup, divided
• Cinnamon - 2 teaspoons
• Nutmeg - 1 teaspoon
• Salted butter - 1/2 cup cut into 8 pieces
• Premade puff pastry crust - 1 box​
• Flour - 1/4 cup for rolling

For the apple cider caramel:

• Apple cider - 3 cups
• Granulated sugar - 1/2 cup
• Salted butter - 2 tablespoons
• Vanilla extract - 2 teaspoons

Served with:

• 1 scoops Baskin-Robbins Apple Cider Donut ice cream

Supplies & Equipment:

• Standard 9x13" baking tray
• Small mixing bowl
• Rolling pin
• Knife
• Apple corer and peeler
• Standard teaspoons, tablespoons and cups
• Saucepan
• Spatula

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Combine brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg in a small mixing bowl. Set aside.
3. Cut butter evenly into 8 pieces. Set aside.

For the Apple Dumplings:

1. Peel and core apples at the center leaving the apple whole. Set apples aside.
2. Lightly dust your work surface with flour. Using a rolling pin roll, stretch your premade puff pastry until it reaches about 16" by 16" in size.
3. Cut premade puff pastry evenly into 4 square pieces. Repeat on the other piece so you have 8 square total.
4. Place peeled and cored apples in the center of each square of the puff pastry, the cored middle should be facing upward. Then, take one of your 8 butter chunks and place each in one of the openings of the apples.
5. Divide brown sugar mixture between the apples and sprinkle mixture inside and around the center of the apple.
6. Using a little bit of water wet edges of the puff pastry.
7. Bring one corner of the dough up to the top of the apple.
8. Bring the opposite corner of the dough to meet in the center.
9. Repeat with the remaining two corners, bringing them up into the center and slightly pinch all four to seal. Pinch where the edges of the dough meet to completely seal the apple within the dough.
10. Repeat with the remaining apples.
11. Place apple dumplings into a baking dish.
12. Bake in the oven for 50 to 60 minutes. Apples should be slightly softened on the inside with the crust golden on the outside.

For the apple cider caramel:

1. While apples are baking, in a saucepan combine apple cider, sugar and vanilla.
2. Place saucepan over medium heat and bring to a boil. Then lower heat and let simmer and reduce for 15 minutes or until mixture coats the back of a spoon. Turn off heat and add in butter stirring until dissolved. Set aside for serving,
3. When dumplings are done baking let cool for 10 minutes.

For Garnish and Serving:

Garnish with apple cider caramel and serve with Baskin-Robbins Apple Cider Donut Ice Cream.